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A Restaurant with Ocean Views

  • July 6, 2009
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Cat19 from Stocking Pelham, United Kingdom
A Restaurant with Ocean Views

The Elbow Beach Resort is part of the exclusive Mandarin Oriental chain and Lido Restaurant is one of two fine dining experiences offered at the resort (the other being the Seahorse Grill). A third sister restaurant, Mickey’s, is outdoors and literally on the beach. Lido’s has the advantage of being situated directly overlooking the beach and the Atlantic Ocean, but offers a more formal dining experience than the tables on the beach.
I have dined here several times. I often had business visitors whilst I lived in Bermuda and Lido’s never failed to impress, not only with food but the stunning views. I have also brought two parties of visiting relatives here and they also came away very happy customers.

Outside the restaurant is a patio area with plenty of seating, table service is provided for drinks, snacks and great sushi. My husband and I loved coming here after work and usually did at least once a week if not more often. We never ever tired of looking out to the ocean sipping a cool glass of wine as the sun went down. Oh how I miss that. Anyway back to the main restaurant...

Entering the building, there is a nightclub straight ahead which earlier in the evening doubles as a very nice place for a pre dinner drink. I have never been here when the nightclub is in full flow, so presumably it does not start until a fair bit later. Something I and I am sure many restaurant goers would be very pleased to hear. To the left of the entrance are the bathrooms and to the right the main restaurant.

The restaurant is large and allows for the tables to be spaced a more than comfortable distance apart. The decor is light and the tables covered in crisp white linen. Ceiling to floor picture windows take up the whole of one wall and provide those exquisite ocean views. I have been fortunate to have a table right next to the window on a few occasions, including the first time I went here which was with a party of ten colleagues from overseas offices. I was delighted to be allocated a huge round table in what I thought was the prime position in the whole restaurant.

Even those tables not immediately beside the window still enjoy fabulous views and at the end of every meal I have ever enjoyed there, everyone tends to take a stroll outside along the ocean wall before heading home.

The menu is quite comprehensive for a fine dining restaurant, sometimes I find restaurants of this class offer a much smaller selection of dishes. Bermuda offers fabulous seafood as you would expect and indeed Lido’s does too, but I found that the emphasis on seafood not as significant as I had thought it would be. Indeed you can also make a selection from the grill and there are main courses in all of chicken, pork, veal and duck. Additionally pasta dishes are available as either starters or main courses and vegetarians are well catered for, by that I mean that they will have two or three to choose from for every course, as opposed to one starter and one main course. It was always interesting to know what the catch of the day is and in season, (about November to April) fresh lobster is on the menu. Sadly I don’t think I ever sampled that here.

Service and style is formal and attentive but not intrusive. Great attention is taken with the presentation of the food, which in my opinion makes the dining experience particularly special. I have always been extremely pleased with the standard of food and being the Bermuda based hostess, I am always confident that I can bring guests here or recommend this restaurant and know that everybody will go away happy at the end of the night. With wine, prices per head average around $150 for three courses.

From journal Dining in Bermuda

Lido

  • January 2, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by MARecycle from Atlanta, Georgia
Lido is the main restaurant at the fabulous Elbow Beach Hotel. This restaurant has exceptional water views and is essentially right on the ocean. Going there during the week in off-season November 2006, we were able to be seated at the window with the waves crashing right below us.

The menu is primarily seafood with a Mediterranean touch. While the food did not overwhelm us, it was certainly above average. The location and the grounds of the Elbow Beach Hotel are fabulous.

From journal Short November Week in Bermuda - Snorkeling & Dining

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